Alarm walking in Columbian black-tailed deer: Its characterization and possible antipredatory signaling functions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 636-645

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a,b   Coss, Richard G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm walking; Antipredator behavior; Black tailed deer; Gait analysis; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Prancing; Pursuit deterrent

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FELID; HONEST SIGNALING; LIMB; PREDATOR; SIGNALING; VIDEOGRAPHY; WALKING; WARMING;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 45249115261     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-203R.1     Document Type: Article

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